This is the story of how to cultivate a perfect female lead, a "plain and unremarkable" beautiful girl who一步步 grows into an all-around superstar.
Chapter 156 Passing by
Gu Qingge's "You Are the Apple of My Eye" was serialized for nearly two months.
For a youth drama with only about 200,000 words, this serialization length is not really long if it is serialized in a physical magazine. After all, no matter how fast a physical magazine publishes, it is still a weekly magazine.
But don’t forget that "Those Years" is a web serial, updated daily.
If you calculate it this way, the two-month serialization of "Those Years" seems a bit long, as if the author Gu Qingge's daily updates are particularly short.
The actual situation is obviously not like this. Gu Qingge, who uses his literary skills to type as if he has cheats, actually types very quickly and with very stable quality.
As long as she wants, uploading 10,000 words of updates every day is no problem.
However, "Those Years" shoulders the important task of increasing the download and installation volume for "Qidian Reading". Ye Jingyi hopes that Gu Qingge's popular youth drama will be serialized for at least two months.
Only in this way can this youth masterpiece be brought into play to its greatest effect.
Gu Qingge didn't care. She just wrote more in one go and then slowly posted the saved drafts.
In addition to writing, she has a lot of other things to do. She has a lot of manuscripts in stock, and her daily updates are almost all scheduled.
During the two-month serialization process, the character of the author of "Those Years" [Nan Gezi] as a bootlicker has become more and more confirmed.
It's just because "he" is using this youth book to portray the heroine "Lu Manwu" on the surface, but in fact, readers all know that he is clearly licking Gu Qingge from a distance!
Intellectuals are so pretentious!
Some loyal readers even copied down all the sentences in which Nan Gezi licked Gu Qingge in various ways, and summarized them into "his" licking words, and used them directly to deceive those literary young women, which might have a miraculous effect.
Nan Gezi's "licking words" are as follows:
"I have someone I love. In the clouds. In the ocean. In my heart."
"Though your heart is kind, it never changes; though your soul is gentle, it never compromises."
"The strongest wine in the world is the gentleness of your smile."
"The sea of stars in your eyes is as bright and clear as the moon and sky that I have never seen."
"You wait by the railing, your features a poem of three hundred lines, your hair as white as the spring breeze."
"We all like light, even though it's fleeting. But you are still you, with a name that makes my heart tremble when I call it."
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The "you" in these sentences is, of course, the heroine "Lu Manwu", and who does "Lu Manwu" represent in reality? Those who understand will understand.
If it’s not Gu Qingge, then who else could it be?
In addition, in addition to liking to write those "licking words", Nan Gezi also particularly likes to describe the beauty of the heroine "Lu Manwu" in the book in various ways, as if she is afraid that readers cannot connect her with the real prototype.
Some of the descriptions of the heroine's beauty are already very exaggerated, but this also shows how much Nan Gezi likes the heroine he created -
"She (Lu Manwu) was so beautiful that it seemed like a dream. It was a beauty I had never seen before, or even imagined. Everything expanded like the universe, yet at the same time, it was all condensed into a thick glacier. Everything was exaggerated to the point of arrogance, yet at the same time, it was all shaved off."
"I have seen dust floating in the air, reflecting sunlight; I have seen leaves shimmering in the water; I have seen the obscure and difficult words in books; I have seen letters containing mountains and rivers; I have seen the summer breeze swaying with a hint of intoxication; but I have never seen your (Lu Manwu) beauty, which is praised by everyone."
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As the influence of "Those Years" grew, there were always some busybodies, gossipers, or fans of Nan Gezi on Gu Qingge's Weibo account, who liked to send her these "flattering words" and "wonderful paragraphs about how beautiful she was", as if she would be moved after seeing these words.
But Gu Qingge's heart was not moved at all, and she even wanted to laugh. No one understood "licking words" better than her, right?
No one loves Gu Qingge more than her!
She is Gu Qingge's number one bootlicker!
Of course, she also works part-time as the leader of Gu Qingge's black fans.
She just had a fight with herself, which led to a big broadcast of Chinese style songs...
And these "licking words" were sentences written by her using her literary skills, and she was very familiar with them.
But the most outrageous thing is that #Today, did Teacher Nan Gezi lick again# actually set up a Weibo super topic.
Book fans on Weibo have all gathered in this super topic, posting "flattering words" all day long, not only those from Nan Gezi's book, but also those they came up with themselves.
Later, all the flattering words turned into sweet talk, and this Weibo super topic slowly turned into a large confession wall on the Internet!
I can only say that the fans of "Those Years" are really good at having fun.
Anyway, this "Did Teacher Nan Gezi lick your boots again today?" has become a very popular meme. Everyone seems to like using this meme. At first, everyone was making fun of Nan Gezi, but later they started to laugh at themselves.
If you don’t really like someone, who would want to be a bootlicker?
Teacher Nan Gezi can lick a girl like this, and even lick two books for such a long time. This has made many veteran lickers feel ashamed...
It seems that the title of the world's number one bootlicker must belong to Teacher Nan Gezi.
In addition, the work "Those Years", like other youth works, likes to play with the literary and sad tone, but it is actually very humorous and interesting.
Besides the fact that the male protagonist Fu Jingnan is such a funny person, it is also because Teacher Nan Gezi is a super toxic chicken soup master!
Nan Gezi is the exact opposite of Gu Qingge, who is full of positive energy and likes to give inspirational speeches to motivate everyone!
"He" even seemed to dislike the fact that Gu Qingge liked to give inspirational speeches.
"He" believes that toxic chicken soup is the true reality of the world.
Anyway, his toxic chicken soup quotes have also been excerpted and collected by others——
"You're drinking chicken soup because other people have eaten the meat."
“Sometimes, if you don’t try hard enough, you won’t know what despair is.” (This is the sentiment expressed by the self-proclaimed talented male protagonist, Fu Jingnan, after being struck down by the female protagonist’s extraordinary talent.)
"Who said I can't play a musical instrument? I'm pretty good at playing the retreat drum." (The male protagonist Fu Jingnan's self-deprecating remarks)
"You only know that others look better than you with makeup on, but you don't know that when they take off their makeup, not only are they prettier than you, but their skin is also incredibly smooth." (The male protagonist, Fu Jingnan, criticizes a female character in the book who likes to pick on the female protagonist)
"Why is it that God always envy talented people? Because no one cares how long a fool lives."
"To those who once knocked me down, thank you. It feels so good to lie down here."
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Every time the toxic chicken soup appears at the right time in the book "Those Years", it can make readers smile knowingly, but the characters in the book who are fed with toxic chicken soup by the male protagonist feel uncomfortable.
After all, toxic chicken soup sometimes highlights the truth and the heartache.
The heroine Lu Manwu doesn't like the hero's toxic chicken soup at all, even though those toxic chicken soups don't work on her. Some of them are even the hero's feelings about the existence of a girl like her.
The heroine Lu Manwu always believes that positive energy chicken soup is always more inspiring than toxic chicken soup.
No matter what, "Those Years", which is filled with many "flattering words" and "toxic chicken soup", is so interesting that it is natural that it has become a masterpiece in the field of youth.
There are also some people who like to eat melons, analyze, and detail, and they like to study "Those Years" with all their might, even every detail, which is really a bit crazy...
It's no wonder that there are some talented people among these people. He saw through many hidden plots that Gu Qingge had laid out, such as the one about another talented woman, Yu Meiren, Yu Yuyu.
"Compared to the male protagonist Fu Jingnan, perhaps the female protagonist Lu Manwu and Yu Yuyu are more comfortable and happy together."
As soon as he posted this analysis, he was immediately criticized. Yuri fans, get out of here! The hero and heroine must be together!
Fu Jingnan is so affectionate, but Yu Yuyu is obviously a scumbag. She is not the kind of scumbag who hangs on men. She is naturally not interested in men and only likes to pursue girls. There is always a lack of beauties around her.
This kind of scumbag who is full of lies will definitely hurt the heroine. She is so hateful!
Book fans would rather the heroine Lu Manwu be single than be conquered by Yu Yuyu!
In Nan Gezi's writing, this female character can be said to be very annoying, but at the same time, you have to admit that she is a very charming and talented woman, just like a poppy...
Yu Yuyu has a dark and magical charm, and this female character is portrayed very brilliantly!
Some fans of this character are already looking for her prototype in real life...
Of course, although Yu Yuyu is talented, there is still a gap between him and the heroine.
The most fascinating thing about "Those Years" is that it has been serialized until the last chapter. Everyone always feels that there is something interesting between the male and female protagonists, which keeps people looking forward to it...
There are also readers who firmly believe that a popular author like Nan Gezi, who has a background in writing exciting novels, will definitely not let everyone down. The ending of "Who Can Contend" is very good!
Although in reality, Mr. Nan Gezi is still working hard, it is precisely because of the imperfections of reality that he wants to write a perfect ending to satisfy "him" and the vision of many readers.
Readers obviously didn't expect that Gu Qingge wrote his debut novel "Who Can Compete" so coolly just to trick everyone into the trap. The male protagonist pretends to be cool and gets slapped in the face all the way to the peak of his life.
At this time, Gu Qingge finally opened the author's backstage of "Those Years" and uploaded the finale of this work -
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Perhaps there will be many such encounters in life, but we can only choose to pass by each other, just like leaves, the process of growth and falling is just a lonely cycle.
It's snowing outside the window. I make a cup of coffee and hold it until it's cold. Then I realize I'm thinking of you again.